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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 56 · 1993

Adarsh Nagar

Winner — 1993

JAI PARKASH YADAV
BJP· BJP
BJP 34.2%INC 34.1%18 others 31.7%
Votes
17,020
34.2% share
Winning margin
40
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
20
Turnout
63.4%
of 78,562

Adarsh Nagar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 40 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

20 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAI PARKASH YADAV
BJP
17,02034.2%
2
MANGAT RAM
INC
16,98034.1%
3
GURU SURENDER VIG
IND
5,93011.9%
4
LAKSHMI CHAND SINGHAL
Janata Dal
4,3358.7%
5
SHIV CHARAN
3,9588.0%
6
RAM SARAN RAM
Left
7271.5%
7
VIRENDER SINGH
RMEP
1620.3%
8
KUNAL
DPP
1450.3%
9
KARUNESH
IND
920.2%
10
SAT PARKASH GUPTA
ICS
750.1%
11
ASHOK KHURANA
IND
630.1%
12
SHIV KUMAR
IND
540.1%
13
OM PARKASH
IND
500.1%
14
SUSHIL KR. GOEL
IND
410.1%
15
DHARAM PAL
IND
360.1%
16
SURENDER KUMAR
IND
330.1%
17
RAJIV KUMAR
IND
300.1%
18
RAM CHANDER
IND
220.0%
19
S.P. GUPTA
IND
210.0%
20
BALRAJ GULATI
IND
200.0%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Average turnout (17th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.3% · min 0.1% · max 42.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
17th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
23rd of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
28th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
70 seats · 36 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 34.2%INC 34.1%IND 11.9%JD 8.7%BSP 8.0%OTH 3.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,09,346
Density
27132 / km²
Sex ratio
884 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
63 km²
SC population16.5%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 82.5%Muslim 10.5%Other 7.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water94.2%
Electricity99.5%
Sanitation93.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.6%
Children fully vaccinated74.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.2%
Children underweight (under 5)29.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.5%
Women literate83.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER12.8%
Clean cooking fuel99.1%
Health insurance30.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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🏺Ceramic Tiles & Sanitary Goods🏺Readymade clothes/garments

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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